They've had ads in the fucking start menu and system tray for for years already. You might have forgotten because you spent an afternoon removing them all after you first installed, but this garbage is, unfortunately nothing new.
Between this and TPM, it's pretty obvious that the once open architecture of the IBM compatible PC is slowly being locked down, smartphone style.
They want to own your machine. They want it reporting back to them on everything you do. The goal is a global surveillance state where they're in complete control of your access to everything.
You said 'nigger'? You liked an anti-NATO tweet? You said you don't think a man in a dress is a woman? Ok. Now you can't log in to your computer, you bank account is terminated, no phone provider will serve you, you can't board a train, you can't board a bus, printed money doesn't exist any more. You're fucked.
Is anyone surprised?
They've had ads in the fucking start menu and system tray for for years already. You might have forgotten because you spent an afternoon removing them all after you first installed, but this garbage is, unfortunately nothing new.
Between this and TPM, it's pretty obvious that the once open architecture of the IBM compatible PC is slowly being locked down, smartphone style.
They want to own your machine. They want it reporting back to them on everything you do. The goal is a global surveillance state where they're in complete control of your access to everything.
You said 'nigger'? You liked an anti-NATO tweet? You said you don't think a man in a dress is a woman? Ok. Now you can't log in to your computer, you bank account is terminated, no phone provider will serve you, you can't board a train, you can't board a bus, printed money doesn't exist any more. You're fucked.
That's where we're headed.
You will own nothing and you will be happy. Everything will be a subscription